Submissions from 2025
A REVIEW OF RESILIENCE RESEARCH OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES IN GLOBAL NORTH COUNTRIES, Truus Apoanaba Abuosi and Stephen Kofi Diko
FRAMING THE RESILIENCE RESEARCH AGENDA OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES IN GLOBAL SOUTH COUNTRIES: A Review, Truus Apoanaba Abuosi and Stephen Kofi Diko
Exploring the Spatial Correlation of Blight and Litter: A Case Analysis of Memphis, Tennessee Neighborhoods, Reza Banai and Navid Enayati Shabkolaei
MAINSTREAMING HEAT RESILIENCE IN LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED URBANIZING JURISDICTIONS: A Focus on Semi-Arid Ghana, Stephen Kofi Diko, Truus Apoanaba Abuosi, Seth Asare Okyere, Seth Opoku Mensah, Stephen Leonard Mensah, and Simon Donkoh
A tale of two disasters: Unpacking how social learning from the Ebola epidemic shaped COVID-19 response in informal settlements in Freetown, Stephen Kofi Diko, Seth Asare Okyere, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Stephen Leonard Mensah, Matthew Abunyewah, and Gordon Amankwaa
Conclusion: Toward Resilient Small and Medium-Sized Cities— Planning Implications for Africa and Beyond, Stephen Kofi Diko, Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Leonard Mensah, and Louis Kusi Frimpong
Introduction: From Large to Small and Medium-Sized Cities— Shifting the Analytical and Policy Gaze on Urban Resilience in Ghana, Stephen Kofi Diko, Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Leonard Mensah, and Louis Kusi Frimpong
Planning for Resilient Small and Medium-Sized Cities in Ghana, Stephen Kofi Diko, Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Leonard Mensah, and Louis Kusi Frimpong
Conceptualizing Small and Medium-Sized Cities and Resilience Planning Nexus for Africa’s Urban Futures, Simon Donkoh, Truus Apoanaba Abuosi, Seth Asare Okyere, and Stephen Kofi Diko
CONCLUSION: Resilient Futures for Small and Medium-Sized Cities: A Way Forward, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Kofi Diko, Matthew Abunyewah, and Stephen Leonard Mensah
INTRODUCTION: Valorizing the Resilience of Small and Medium-Sized Cities, Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Kofi Diko, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Matthew Abunyewah, and Stephen Leonard Mensah
PREFACE, Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Kofi Diko, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Matthew Abunyewah, and Stephen Leonard Mensah
ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF RESILIENT URBAN PLANNING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES, Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Kofi Diko, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Matthew Abunyewah, and Stephen Leonard Mensah
ADDRESSING EXTREME HEAT IN US CITIES VIA NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS: A Mapping Approach to Identifying Places for Action in Memphis, TN, Leta Andrea Rowan and Stephen Kofi Diko
The City in Song: Using Popular Music in Urban Studies Pedagogy, Charles A. Santo and Julia I. Nickle
Submissions from 2024
How Does the Neighborhood Unit Inform Community Revitalization?, Reza Banai
Assessing differential socio-demographic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban livelihood capitals in suburban Accra, Ghana, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Stephen Leonard Mensah, Seth Asare Okyere, Matthew Abunyewah, Stephen Kofi Diko, and Gordon Amankwaa
Submissions from 2023
So, You Think You Can Parent: Twitter Users’ Responses to Single Father Tropes in Television’s Single Parents, Laurena Bernabo and Jennifer Turchi
So, You Think You Can Parent: Twitter Users’ Responses to Single Father Tropes in Television’s Single Parents, Laurena Bernabo and Jennifer Turchi
Violence, Discrimination, Psychological Distress, and HIV Vulnerability Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Memphis, Tennessee, Meredith R. Denney, Latrice C. Pichon, and Meredith L. Brantley
Violence, Discrimination, Psychological Distress, and HIV Vulnerability Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Memphis, Tennessee, Meredith R. Denney, Latrice C. Pichon, and Meredith L. Brantley
Conclusion: A clarion call to act intentionally, Stephen Kofi Diko, Danilo Palazzo, and Leah Marie Hollstein
Becoming activated: Professional awareness through the activate community empowerment outreach program, Leah Marie Hollstein, Stephen Kofi Diko, and Danilo Palazzo
Expectations of employers in the United States for entry-level public health job skills with a bachelor’s degree: an analysis of the positions advertised in an online job portal, Satish K. Kedia, Coree Entwistle, Guijin Lee, Laura Magaña, Emily M. Burke, and Ashish Joshi
Expectations of employers in the United States for entry-level public health job skills with a bachelor’s degree: an analysis of the positions advertised in an online job portal, Satish K. Kedia, Coree Entwistle, Guijin Lee, Laura Magaña, Emily M. Burke, and Ashish Joshi
Type of Exchange Sex and Associated Behaviors and Outcomes Among Cisgender Men and Women at Increased Risk for HIV via Heterosexual Transmission in Six U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Lauren E. Lipira, Jennifer L. Glick, Danielle German, Sara N. Glick, Courtney Moreno, Dena Elimam, Meredith L. Brantley, Latrice C. Pichon, Narquis Barak, Meredith M. Booth, Colin Flynn, and Timothy Menza
Type of Exchange Sex and Associated Behaviors and Outcomes Among Cisgender Men and Women at Increased Risk for HIV via Heterosexual Transmission in Six U.S. Metropolitan Areas, Lauren E. Lipira, Jennifer L. Glick, Danielle German, Sara N. Glick, Courtney Moreno, Dena Elimam, Meredith L. Brantley, Latrice C. Pichon, Narquis Barak, Meredith M. Booth, Colin Flynn, and Timothy Menza
A digital turn for urban management? Residents' perception and utilisation of the digital property address system in Accra, Ghana, Stephen Leonard Mensah, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Seth Asare Okyere, Stephen Kofi Diko, Seth Barnie Enning, Matthew Abunyewah, and Joshua Mawutor Attigah
The moderating role of Covid-19-related support on urban livelihood capitals: Evidence from suburban Accra, Seth Asare A. Okyere, Louis Kusi K. Frimpong, Matthew Abunyewah, Stephen Kofi K. Diko, Md Nawrose Fatemi, Stephen Leonard L. Mensah, Seth Barnie B. Enning, and Michihiro Kita
Informal Settlements and Pro-poor Urban Planning in African Cities: The Luanda Socio-historical Narrative, Seth Asare Okyere, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Stephen Kofi Diko, Stephen Leonard Mensah, and Euridice Lurdes Jorge Pedrosa
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP-IN-TRAINING (EJ-LIT): A University-Professional Organization Partnership for Preparing the Next Generation of Environmental Justice Leaders, Kwame N. Owusu-Daaku, Bonita C. Johnson, and Stephen Kofi Diko
Introduction: The urban planning profession and diversity challenge, Danilo Palazzo, Leah Marie Hollstein, and Stephen Kofi Diko
Routledge companion to professional awareness and diversity in planning education, Danilo Palazzo, Leah Marie Hollstein, and Stephen Kofi Diko
Sharing Lived Experiences of HIV Stigmatization: Process of Disseminating a Traveling Photovoice Exhibit, Latrice C. Pichon, Erin N. Jewell, Reighan E. Diehl, Andrea W. Stubbs, Daniel E. Thompson, Laronia Hurd-Sawyer, Bettina Campbell, and Michelle Teti
Sharing Lived Experiences of HIV Stigmatization: Process of Disseminating a Traveling Photovoice Exhibit, Latrice C. Pichon, Erin N. Jewell, Reighan E. Diehl, Andrea W. Stubbs, Daniel E. Thompson, Laronia Hurd-Sawyer, Bettina Campbell, and Michelle Teti
An Engaged Community of Faith to Decrease HIV Stigma in the U.S. South, Latrice C. Pichon, Erin N. Jewell, Andrea Williams Stubbs, De Marcus Jones, Bettina Campbell, Katrina M. Kimble, Gina M. Stewart, La Ronia Hurd-Sawyer, Lacretia Carroll, and Terrinieka W. Powell
An Engaged Community of Faith to Decrease HIV Stigma in the U.S. South, Latrice C. Pichon, Erin N. Jewell, Andrea Williams Stubbs, De Marcus Jones, Bettina Campbell, Katrina M. Kimble, Gina M. Stewart, La Ronia Hurd-Sawyer, Lacretia Carroll, and Terrinieka W. Powell
Reactions to hypothetical flavor bans among current users of flavored e-cigarettes, Yong Yang, Eric N. Lindblom, Kenneth D. Ward, and Ramzi G. Salloum
Reactions to hypothetical flavor bans among current users of flavored e-cigarettes, Yong Yang, Eric N. Lindblom, Kenneth D. Ward, and Ramzi G. Salloum
Submissions from 2022
Association of Masking Policies with Mask Adherence and Distancing during the SARS-COV-2 Pandemic
How Smokers of Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars Might Respond to FDA's Proposed Bans
Congregational health needs by key demographic variables: Findings from a congregational health needs assessment tool, Brook E. Harmon, Emily Rose N. San Diego, Latrice C. Pichon, Terrinieka W. Powell, Fedoria Rugless, Nathan T. West, Lottie Minor, Sterling McNeal, Lauren McCann, Lauren S. Hales, Rachel Davis, and Jonathan Lewis
Congregational health needs by key demographic variables: Findings from a congregational health needs assessment tool, Brook E. Harmon, Emily Rose N. San Diego, Latrice C. Pichon, Terrinieka W. Powell, Fedoria Rugless, Nathan T. West, Lottie Minor, Sterling McNeal, Lauren McCann, Lauren S. Hales, Rachel Davis, and Jonathan Lewis
Complete Streets: A New Capability Maturity Model, Samuel W. Jordan, Stephanie Ivey, Marian Levy, Martin Lipinski, Paul Palazolo, and Brian Waldron
Longitudinal associations between time-varying insomnia symptoms and all-cause health care services utilization among middle-aged and older adults in the United States, Asos Mahmood, Satish Kedia, Aram Dobalian, Cyril F. Chang, and Sang Nam Ahn
The utility of evaluation in optimizing implementation and improvement of HIV prevention programming, Brittany Marshall, Yamir Salabarría-Peña, Chelsea Douglas, Shoshanna Nakelsky, and Latrice C. Pichon
Comprehensive Process Mapping and Qualitative Interviews to Inform Implementation of Rapid Linkage to HIV Care Programs in a Mid-Sized Urban Setting in the Southern United States, April C. Pettit, Latrice C. Pichon, Aima A. Ahonkhai, Cedric Robinson, Bruce Randolph, Aditya Gaur, Andrea Stubbs, Nathan A. Summers, Kimberly Truss, Meredith Brantley, Rose Devasia, Michelle Teti, Sarah Gimbel, and Julia C. Dombrowski
Comprehensive Process Mapping and Qualitative Interviews to Inform Implementation of Rapid Linkage to HIV Care Programs in a Mid-Sized Urban Setting in the Southern United States, April C. Pettit, Latrice C. Pichon, Aima A. Ahonkhai, Cedric Robinson, Bruce Randolph, Aditya Gaur, Andrea Stubbs, Nathan A. Summers, Kimberly Truss, Meredith Brantley, Rose Devasia, Michelle Teti, Sarah Gimbel, and Julia C. Dombrowski
Snap out stigma photovoice project in the U.S. South, Latrice C. Pichon, Andrea Williams Stubbs, and Michelle Teti
Snap out stigma photovoice project in the U.S. South, Latrice C. Pichon, Andrea Williams Stubbs, and Michelle Teti
‘PrEP'ing Memphis: A qualitative process evaluation of peer navigation support, Latrice C. Pichon, Michelle Teti, Joshua E. Betts, and Meredith Brantley
Triggers or Prompts? When Methods Resurface Unsafe Memories and the Value of Trauma-Informed Photovoice Research Practices, Latrice C. Pichon, Michelle Teti, and L. Lauren Brown
Triggers or Prompts? When Methods Resurface Unsafe Memories and the Value of Trauma-Informed Photovoice Research Practices, Latrice C. Pichon, Michelle Teti, and L. Lauren Brown
Engaging Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the South in identifying strategies to increase PrEP uptake, Latrice C. Pichon, Michelle Teti, Shanell McGoy, Velma Mc Bride Murry, and Paul D. Juarez
Engaging Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the South in identifying strategies to increase PrEP uptake, Latrice C. Pichon, Michelle Teti, Shanell McGoy, Velma Mc Bride Murry, and Paul D. Juarez
Sustaining an HIV Prevention and Wellness Program for Sexual Gender Minorities during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Latrice C. Pichon, Megan L. Wilkins, Gisela Guerrero, Andrea L. Williams Stubbs, Edward D. Wiley, Justin Dodson, Carla London, and Michelle Teti
Media Framing of COVID-19 Racial Disparities: Lessons from Memphis, Tennessee, Jennifer Turchi and Courtnee Melton-Fant
Media Framing of COVID-19 Racial Disparities: Lessons from Memphis, Tennessee, Jennifer Turchi and Courtnee Melton-Fant
How the emergence of the omicron variant may change people’s attitudes toward the COVID-19 pandemic, Yong Yang
How the emergence of the omicron variant may change people’s attitudes toward the COVID-19 pandemic, Yong Yang
How Smokers of Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars Might Respond to FDA's Proposed Bans, Yong Yang, Eric N. Lindblom, Kenneth D. Ward, and Ramzi G. Salloum
How Smokers of Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored Cigars Might Respond to FDA's Proposed Bans, Yong Yang, Eric N. Lindblom, Kenneth D. Ward, and Ramzi G. Salloum
Should menthol e-cigarettes be banned? Reaction of adult smokers and users of e-cigarettes to hypothetical bans, Yong Yang, Eric N. Lindblom, Kenneth D. Ward, and Ramzi G. Salloum
Should menthol e-cigarettes be banned? Reaction of adult smokers and users of e-cigarettes to hypothetical bans, Yong Yang, Eric N. Lindblom, Kenneth D. Ward, and Ramzi G. Salloum
Submissions from 2021
Country Participation in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Health Warnings Database
Effectiveness of Interventions to Improve Oral Cancer Knowledge: a Systematic Review, Nikhil A. Ahuja, Satish K. Kedia, Kenneth D. Ward, Latrice C. Pichon, Weiyu Chen, Patrick J. Dillon, and Hitesh Navaparia
Perception and intention of using less harmful and less addictive hypothetical modified risk tobacco products among never tobacco users in the united states, Nikhil Ahuja, Satish K. Kedia, Patrick J. Dillon, Yu Jiang, and Xinhua Yu
Online Narratives of Methamphetamine Use and Risky Sexual Behavior: Can Shame-Free Guilt Aid in Recovery?, Nikhil Ahuja, Michael Schmidt, Patrick J. Dillon, Adam C. Alexander, and Satish Kedia
Implementing a Novel Workplace Smoking Cessation Intervention Targeting Hispanic/Latino Construction Workers: A Pilot Cluster Randomized Trial, Taghrid Asfar, Kristopher L. Arheart, Laura A. McClure, Estefania C. Ruano-Herreria, Noella A. Dietz, Kenneth D. Ward, Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, Daniel Samano Martin Del Campo, and David J. Lee
An Overview of the Epidemiologic, Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches of COVID-19: What do We Know?, Hanieh Beyrampour-Basmenj, Morteza Milani, Abbas Ebrahimi-Kalan, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Kenneth D. Ward, Ghader Dargahi Abbasabad, Zeynab Aliyari-serej, and Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan
Impact of self-assessed health status and physical and functional limitations on healthcare utilization and mortality among older cancer survivors in US, Prachi P. Chavan, Satish K. Kedia, Fawaz Mzayek, Sang Nam Ahn, and Xinhua Yu
African American mothers living with HIV in the "Post-AIDS" era: A meta-ethnographic synthesis, Patrick J. Dillon and Satish K. Kedia
Characteristics of flavored and non-flavored waterpipe tobacco users: a real-world setting study, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Malek Abazari, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Davoud Adham, Abbas Abbasi, Zoran Bursac, Kenneth D. Ward, Caroline O. Cobb, Raed Behaleh, Heather Lynn Wipfli, and Mehdi Fazlzadeh
A Group-Based Modeling Approach to Identify Developmental Trajectories of Nicotine Dependence Among Lebanese Adolescents Waterpipe Smokers, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Raed Bahelah, Zoran Bursac, Kenneth D. Ward, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Malak Tleis, Rime Jebai, Taghrid Asfar, Thomas Eissenberg, and Wasim Maziak
Can We Measure Nicotine Dependence in Dual Users of Cigarettes and ENDS?, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Kenneth D. Ward, and Ziyad Ben Taleb
Original Interprofessional Simulations to Train Students in CSD and Related Health Professions in Team-Based Health Care, Naomi Eichorn, Melissa Zarn, Deborah Moncrieff, Caroline Sposto, Shirleatha Lee, Joy E. Hoffman, Marian Levy, and Jason Caplan
The effect of price on cigarette consumption, distribution, and sale in Tehran: a qualitative study, Younes Panahi Golestan, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Kenneth D. Ward, Mehdi Fazlzadeh, Raed Bahelah, Mohammad Reza Masjedi, Abdurrahman Charkazi, Nasir Dehghan, and Shirin Shahbazi Sighaldeh
Developing a congregational health needs assessment: Lessons learned from using a participatory research approach, Brook E. Harmon, Emily Rose N.San Diego, Latrice C. Pichon, Terrinieka W. Powell, Fedoria Rugless, Lauren McCann, Lottie L. Minor, Rachel Davis, Christina Underhill, Bettina Campbell, John B. Smith, Sterling McNeal, Jean Evans, and Veronica Calvin
COVID-19 and beliefs about tobacco use: an online cross-sectional study in Iran, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Hassan Ghobadi, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Davoud Adham, Caroline O. Cobb, Kenneth D. Ward, Raed Behaleh, and Mehdi Fazlzadeh
Trends and factors related to blunt use in middle and high school students, 2010–2020, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Rime Jebai, Zoran Bursac, Lucy Popova, Prem Gautam, Wei Li, Mohammed M. Alqahtani, Tanjila Taskin, Leah L. Atwell, Jennifer Richards, Kenneth D. Ward, Raed Behaleh, and Ziyad Ben Taleb
Smoking Cessation among Pregnant and Postpartum Women from Low-Income Groups in the United States, Satish K. Kedia, Nikhil A. Ahuja, April Carswell, Mark W. Vander Weg, Isabel C. Scarinci, and Kenneth D. Ward
Post-liver transplant outcomes in patients with major psychiatric diagnosis in the United States, Satish K. Kedia, Bilal Ali, Yu Jiang, Hassan Arshad, Sanjaya K. Satapathy, and Humberto C. Gonzalez
The Association Between Substance Use and Violence: Results from a Nationally Representative Sample of High School Students in the United States, Satish K. Kedia, Patrick J. Dillon, Yu Jiang, Wesley James, Andy C. Collins, and Soumitra S. Bhuyan
Substance use treatment in Appalachian Tennessee amid COVID-19: Challenges and preparing for the future, Satish K. Kedia, Michael Schmidt, Patrick J. Dillon, Hassan Arshad, and Xinhua Yu
Job-related stress and tobacco smoking: A systematic review, Zahra Khorrami, Farzaneh Zolala, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Ali Sadatmoosavi, Ziyad Ben Taleb, Anthony Kondracki, Kenneth D. Ward, Mohammad Shahbaz, and Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan
Access to Broadband Internet and its Utilization for Health Information Seeking and Health Communication among Informal Caregivers in the United States, Hyunmin Kim, Asos Mahmood, Joy V. Goldsmith, Hyuk Jae Chang, Satish Kedia, and Cyril F. Chang
Insomnia symptoms and incident heart failure: A population-based cohort study, Asos Mahmood, Meredith Ray, Aram Dobalian, Kenneth D. Ward, and Sang Nam Ahn
Using a Modeling-Based Approach to Assess and Optimize HIV Linkage to Care Services, V. R. McKay, C. L. Cambey, T. B. Combs, A. W. Stubbs, L. C. Pichon, and A. H. Gaur
Interest in Cessation Treatment Among People Who Smoke in a Community-Based Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program, Meghan Meadows-Taylor, Kenneth D. Ward, Weiyu Chen, Nicholas R. Faris, Carrie Fehnel, Meredith A. Ray, Folabi Ariganjoye, Courtney Berryman, Cheryl Houston-Harris, Laura M. McHugh, Alicia Pacheco, and Raymond U. Osarogiagbon
Novel insights into young adults’ perceived effectiveness of waterpipe tobacco-specific pictorial health warning labels in lebanon: Implications for tobacco control policy, Rima Nakkash, Malak Tleis, Sara Chehab, Wu Wensong, Michael Schmidt, Kenneth D. Ward, Wasim Maziak, and Taghrid Asfar
Conducting Community-based Participatory Research with Minority Communities to Reduce Health Disparities, Tung T. Nguyen, Nina Wallerstein, Rina Das, Melanie D. Sabado-Liwag, Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Tvli Jacob, Tamela Cannady, Linda Sprague Martinez, Uchenna J. Ndulue, Abigail Ortiz, Andrea Williams Stubbs, Latrice C. Pichon, Sora Park Tanjasiri, Jane Pang, and Kent Woo
Conducting Community-based Participatory Research with Minority Communities to Reduce Health Disparities, Tung T. Nguyen, Nina Wallerstein, Rina Das, Melanie D. Sabado-Liwag, Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Tvli Jacob, Tamela Cannady, Linda Sprague Martinez, Uchenna J. Ndulue, Abigail Ortiz, Andrea Williams Stubbs, Latrice C. Pichon, Sora Park Tanjasiri, Jane Pang, and Kent Woo
A Pilot Outreach HIV Testing Project Among Homeless Adults, Latrice C. Pichon, Kristen Rae Rossi, Theresa Chapple-McGruder, Lisa Jane Krull, Jennifer Kmet, and April L. Carswell
Characteristics and health risk assessment of heavy metals in indoor air of waterpipe cafés, Roohollah Rostami, Mohammad Ebrahimi Kalan, Hamid Reza Ghaffari, Behzad Saranjam, Kenneth D. Ward, Hassan Ghobadi, Yusef Poureshgh, and Mehdi Fazlzadeh
Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors of Recurrent Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease after Liver Transplantation, Sanjaya K. Satapathy, Quynh T. Tran, Alexander J. Kovalic, Sai Vineela Bontha, Yu Jiang, Satish Kedia, Saradashri Karri, Vamsee Mupparaju, Pradeep S.B. Podila, Rajanshu Verma, Daniel Maluf, Valeria Mas, Satheesh Nair, James D. Eason, Dave Bridges, and David E. Kleiner
Quitline information included on cigarette packaging: An assessment of country adherence to WHO FCTC guidelines, 2007 to 2018, Christopher M. Seitz, Kenneth D. Ward, and Zubair Kabir
